Purnia Junction railway station

Purnea Junction railway station (station code:- PRNA), is the railway station serving the city of Purnea in the Purnea district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a A category railway station of Katihar railway division in Northeast Frontier Railway.

History
Purnea Junction was opened on 1887 and the previous name of this station was Purnea City. This is situated on Katihar–Jogbani line of North East Frontier Railway (NFR). This railway line earlier was metre gauge. Another standard-gauge line of East Central Railway (ECR) connects Purnea with Saharsa Junction via Banmankhi. Conversion of the 36 km-long Purnea–Banmankhi stretch in Purnea–Saharsa section to broad gauge project is completed in 2016. There are daily and weekly trains to Sealdah, Malda Town, Delhi, Patna Junction, Darbhanga, Muzaffarpur Junction, Gorakhpur, Lucknow Charbagh and other neighboring cities. There are many passenger trains available to Katihar, Saharsa Junction and Jogbani.

Facilities
Purnea lies in between Katihar–Jogbani section. Purnea has trains running frequently to Delhi and Kolkata. Purnea is well connected with Katihar, Jogbani and Saharsa through daily passenger and express train services. Gauge Conversion of Katihar-Jogbani Section and Purnea-Saharsa Section was completed on 2009 and 2016 respectively.

The major facilities available are waiting rooms, retiring room, computerised reservation facility, reservation counter, vehicle parking etc. The vehicles are allowed to enter the station premises. There are refreshment rooms vegetarian and non-vegetarian, tea stall, book stall, post and telegraphic office and Government Railway police (G.R.P.) office.

There are 3 platforms in Purnea Junction. The platforms are interconnected with only one foot overbridge (FOB) with lifts. On 10 April 2018 free Wi-Fi facility was started.

Trains
Time Table

Mail/Express

 * Janaki Intercity Express
 * Route- Manihari, Katihar, Purnea, Saharsa Junction, Khagaria Junction, Samastipur, Darbhanga and Jaynagar


 * Hate Bazare Express (Via Purnea)
 * Route: Saharsa Junction, Purnea, Katihar, Malda Town, Azimganj, Katwa and Sealdah


 * Kolkata–Jogbani Express
 * Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Malda Town, Pakur, Bolpur Shantiniketan, Bardhaman and Kolkata


 * Seemanchal Express
 * Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barauni, Patliputra Junction, Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, Kanpur Central and Anand Vihar Terminal


 * Jogbani Siliguri Town Express
 * Route: Jogbani, Purnia, Katihar, Barsoi, Kishanganj, Thakurganj, Bagdogra, Siliguri Junction and Siliguri Town

Local/Passenger

 * Katihar–Jogbani DEMU Service
 * Purnea–Saharsa DEMU Service